OpenAI, the most valuable AI startup, said Wednesday it intends to dismiss all claims by Elon Musk in a recent lawsuit, saying the billionaire entrepreneur who helped co-found the company was actually It was suggested that it did not have much of an impact on society. Its development and success.
in blog post Written by the entire OpenAI band (Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Sam Altman, Wojciech Zaremba, OpenAI), the Microsoft-backed startup has been in business since its founding in 2015, despite initial funding from Musk. It revealed it had raised less than $45 million. Pledging up to $1 billion in funding. The company also said it has secured more than $90 million from other donors to support research efforts.
OpenAI’s response comes after Musk last week accused Altman of ChatGPT’s developers for violating their original contractual agreement by pursuing profit rather than the nonprofit’s founding mission of developing AI that benefits humanity. , which sued Brockman, OpenAI, and other companies affiliated with the company. OpenAI was founded to build a counterweight to Google, he said.
OpenAI’s founding agreement called for the company to make its technology “freely available” to the public, but the company said its priorities changed over time to maximize profits for Microsoft. Musk said in the lawsuit.
The high-stakes legal battle between Mr. Musk and OpenAI could have far-reaching implications for the future of AI. As the most valuable AI startup with a valuation of over $80 billion, his OpenAI success with ChatGPT has ignited an unprecedented AI race since its public launch in late 2022. The outcome of this lawsuit could have a significant impact on the direction and pace of AI development. So is the balance of power between the industry’s major players.
Morgan Stanley said in a note Tuesday that the search for an application layer winner in the GenAI race is as hot as mobile after the iPhone. (Image: Morgan Stanley)
In a blog post today, OpenAI acknowledges that the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) (AI systems with human-level intelligence or higher) requires vast computational resources, with annual costs in the tens of thousands. It was claimed that it was revealed that the amount would reach 100 million dollars. . This realization led to the understanding that moving to a for-profit structure was essential to securing the necessary funding and resources.
That’s when disagreements began between Musk and other OpenAI co-founders, OpenAI said in a blog post, including five emails between Musk and OpenAI executives. It also includes interactions.
“When we were discussing a for-profit organization to further our mission, Elon wanted us to merge with Tesla or take full control. “He left OpenAI saying he needed a relevant competitor and intended to do it himself. He said he would support us in finding our own path,” OpenAI wrote. There is.
“In early February 2018, Elon forwarded us an email suggesting that OpenAI should ‘join Tesla as a cash cow,’ and that he said, ‘That’s exactly right…Tesla is the only way to compete with Google. “Yes,” OpenAI wrote.
OpenAI asserted Wednesday that its mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all humanity, and this includes developing safe and beneficial AGI and promoting widespread access to tools. OpenAI’s technology is being used in places like Kenya and India to empower people and improve their daily lives, the startup writes.
“We are disappointed that this has happened with someone we deeply respected, someone who inspired us to aim high, who told us we would fail, and who started a competitor. , who sued us as we began to make meaningful progress toward OpenAI. “We cannot accomplish our mission without him,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post.
In response to Musk’s accusations that OpenAI has abandoned open source principles, the Microsoft-backed startup says Musk will eventually move away from full transparency as the organization makes significant progress in AGI development. He countered by emphasizing that he was aware of this and agreed with it.
“Elon understood that this mission did not mean open sourcing AGI. As Ilya told Elon, “The closer you get to building AI, the less open it starts to become. “openAI’s openness means that everyone should benefit from the work of AI after it’s built, but it’s perfectly fine not to share the science…” And Elon replied, “That’s right.”